Title: Survey on the Knowledge, Understanding, and Experiences of

Individual Members of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines on

Gender Justice Concerns

Introduction:

Greetings of Peace and Love, Siblings in Christ!

We, from the core group of the UCCP, as organized through the Faith and Order Commission,
for SOCIESC Concerns, express our utmost thanks for your participation in this survey. This
survey is aimed at gathering information on your understanding, beliefs, attitudes, and
experiences of SOGIESC concerns in the church. Your participation is significant as the results
of this survey will serve as our baseline data for us to understand the general understanding,
beliefs, and experiences of Individual Members of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines
on Gender Justice Concerns. Ultimately, this will help us craft and/or further improve existing
programs on SOGIESC under our Community Ministry on Gender Justice.

It is our assumption that your responses are reflective of your perspective as a UCCP member.
Rest assured that your identity and along with your responses will be treated with strictest
confidentiality.

DATA PRIVACY: I hereby allow the core group of the UCCP for SOGIESC concerns to use
my personal information provided in this form for the aforementioned purposes .

Instructions: This survey is composed of 5 Parts to wit;

Part I. Demographic Profile
Part II. Knowledge and Understanding
Part III. General Attitudes and Beliefs
Part IV. Experiences and Challenges Encountered
Part V. Moving Forward

It also includes Key Terms in the last pages for better understanding of the used jargons and
vocabularies in this survey.Please read the questions carefully and answer honestly . Thank
You!

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General Instructions:

1. Read each statement/question carefully.

2. For multiple-choice items, please select one option as your answer by checking the bullets of
your answer.

3. For follow up question items, please make sure to provide a concise answer
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This confirms that I have read the introduction and understand my contribution to this
work and the sole purpose of the information I will provide.

Yes No

As a contribution to the success of this work, I authorize the core group to:

Officially include all the information I will provide, including my legal name
Officially include all the information I will provide, except for my legal name

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Part I. Demographic Profile
(Note: The name that you will be providing is just to ensure that everyone who has expressed
their willingness to be included in the work has shared a response. It will be included only based
on your response to the previous section.)

Name:

Sex at Birth:
Female Intersex Male

Gender Identity:
Cisgender/ StraightGender- queer:Agender
TransgenderNon- binaryOthers, please
Gender-queer: Non specify:_________
Conforming

Age: _________________ Occupation:__________________________________________

Highest Educational Attainment:

No grade completedBachelor’s Degree
ElementaryMaster’s Degree
SecondaryDoctor’s Degree
Vocational
Church Recognized Organization:
Christian Women’s AssociationUnited Church Men
Christian Young Adults FellowshipUnited Church Workers Organization
Christian Youth Fellowship
Jurisdiction:
North Luzon JurisdictionWest Visayas Jurisdiction
Middle Luzon JurisdictionNorthwest Mindanao Jurisdiction South
Luzon JurisdictionSoutheast Mindanao Jurisdiction
East Visayas Jurisdiction
Conference: Batangas Associate Conference
Agusan District Conference Bohol Conference, Inc.
Apayao Conference Bukidnon Area Conference Cebu
Associate Conference of Conference, Inc.
Surigao
Central Luzon Conference
Central Mindanao Area Conference
Central Negros Area Conference
Cotabato Annual Conference
District Conference of Northern
Mindanao
District Conference of Northern
Zamboanga
District Conference of Southern
Zamboanga
Highland Conference
Lanao District Conference
Lowland Cavite - South Manila
Conference
Manila North Conference
Masbate Conference
Middle Highland Conference
Negros District Conference
New Abra Conference
North Bicol Conference
North Central Luzon Conference
North Highland Conference
North Luzon Amburayan
Conference
North Negros Conference
North-Eastern Leyte Biliran Samar Island District Conference
Conference South Bicol Conference
Northeast Luzon Conference South Cotabato-Sarangani District
Northeast Nueva Ecija Associate Conference
Conference Southern Mindanao District
Northeast Southern Tagalog Conference Conference
Northeastern Davao District Southern Tagalog Conference
Conference Southern-Western Leyte Conference
Northern-Western Samar Surigao Dinagat District Conference
Conference United Metropolis Conference
Northwest Luzon Conference Upland Cavite Conference
Occidental Mindoro Associate West Central Luzon Conference
Conference
Western Mindanao Conference
Oriental Mindoro Conference
Western Visayas Conference
Palawan Associate Conference

Questions Yes No

1. Do you identify yourself as an LGBTQIA+?

2. Do you Identify as an Ally of LGBTQIA+?

(An Ally is someone who stands up for, supports and encourages the
LGBTQIA+ people around them)

3. In your awareness, do you have a family member or

a close friend who identifies as an LGBTQIA+?
4. In your awareness, does your Local Church have
members that identify as an LGBTQIA+?
5. In your awareness, do you know UCCP member
Clergies and/or Lay Workers that identify as an
LGBTQIA+?

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Part II. Knowledge and Understanding
1. What is your level of awareness of the following:

Not
Very Fairly Somewhat
Aware
Aware Aware Aware
at All

1. Gender Awareness
 2. Gender Justice

3. Gender and Development

4. LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay,

Bisexual, Transgender, Queer,
Intersex, Asexual etc.
5. SOGIESC (Sexual Orientation,
Gender Identity and Expression,
and
Sex Characteristics)
2. Have you ever attended UCCP initiated Forums, Workshops or Discussions related to
LGBTQIA+ community and/or SOGIESC through each judicatory?
Yes No Maybe

1. Local Church

2. Conference

3. Jurisdiction

4. National
3. In your awareness, have the following judicatories conducted discussions related to
LGBTQIA+ community and or SOGIESC?
Yes No Maybe

1. Local Church

2. Conference

3. Jurisdiction

4. National
4. How aware are you with the following:

Not
Very Fairly Somewhat
Aware
Aware Aware Aware
at All
1. Let Grace Be Total: UCCP
Statement on LGBT Concerns
2. UCCP Programs regarding
Gender
Awareness/ Gender Justice
5. In your perception, does the UCCP in general have sufficient understanding of
SOGIESC/ LGBTQIA+ and Gender Awareness/ Gender Justice concerns?

Strongly AgreeDisagree
AgreeStrongly Disagree

6. In your perception, does the UCCP in general, contribute or provide sufficient

educational discussions, materials or platforms on Gender Awareness/ Gender Justice
for equipping its members to fully understand SOGIESC and LGBTQIA+ as equal
members of the Faith Community?

Strongly AgreeDisagree
AgreeStrongly Disagree

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Part III. General Attitudes and Beliefs
1. As a UCCP member, do you recognize the people that identify as LGBTQIA+ as a
member of our Faith Community?

Yes No Unsure

2. As a Faith Community, do you think that the UCCP recognizes the people that identify
as LGBTQIA+?

Strongly AgreeDisagree
AgreeStrongly Disagree

3. As a Faith Community, what do you think is the level of acceptance towards people
that identify as LGBTQIA+ in our church?

Fully accepting and

respectingDiscriminatory/judgmental/prejudicial
Tolerant but not totally accepting andNot Sure
welcoming

4. As an individual, what is the level of acceptance towards people that identify as

LGBTQIA+ in our church?

Fully accepting and

respectingDiscriminatory/judgmental/prejudicial
Tolerant but not totally accepting andNot Sure welcoming
5. In your awareness, do you think that the UCCP supports gender diverse individuals?
 Strongly AgreeDisagree
AgreeStrongly Disagree

6. How would you describe the overall acceptance/attitude of each judicatory where you
belong towards gender diversity?

Fully Tolerant but Discriminatory Not

accepting not totally / judgmental/ Sure
and accepting prejudicial
respecting and
welcoming

1. Local Church

2. Conference
3. Jurisdiction
7. Regardless of gender, are all members given opportunities in following aspects?

Yes No Unsure
1. To lead and/or actively participate in the
worship
2. To be elected, especially in key leadership
positions in different judicatories
3. To lead and/or actively participate in different
church ministries
8. Has your personal attitude/perception of church changed as a result of your gender-
based experiences?

Yes No

9. If your response to the previous question is "yes", please describe your experience
briefly:

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Part IV. Experiences and Challenges Encountered
1. Have you encountered any gender-based discrimination/prejudice inside the church?

Yes No

2. If your response to the previous question is "yes", please describe your experience
briefly:

3. How would you describe the overall acceptance/attitude of each judicatory where you
belong to create a safe space for all genders?

Fully Tolerant but Discriminatory Not

accepting not totally / judgmental/ Sure
and accepting prejudicial
respecting and
welcoming
1. Local Church

2. Conference

3. Jurisdiction
4. What do you think are the problems/challenges in promoting/advocating for Gender
Justice inside the church? Please enumerate/shortly explain:

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Part V. Moving forward
1. What programs/activities/initiatives related to Gender Justice would you like to have in
UCCP? Please shortly explain:

*** genders the same as and

different from one’s own gender.
Key Terms: Do not write or imply that bi
means being attracted to men
and women. That is not an
● Asexual An adjective used to describe a accurate definition of the word.
person who does not Do not use a hyphen in the word
experience sexual attraction (e.g., bisexual. Others may use bi+
asexual person). Sometimes which is intended to be inclusive
shortened to “ace.” Asexual is an of those who call themselves
umbrella term that can also include bisexual, pansexual, fluid, queer
people who are demisexual, and other words which describe
meaning a person who does people who have the potential to
experience some sexual attraction, be attracted to more than one
but only in certain situations, for gender.
example, after they have formed a
strong emotional or romantic ● Gender Identity It is each
connection with a partner. person's internal and individual
experience of gender. It is a
● Bisexual, Bi, Bi+ An adjective used to person's sense of
describe a person who has the potential
to be physically, romantically, and/or being a woman, a man, both,
emotionally attracted to people of more neither, or anywhere along the
than one gender, not necessarily at the gender spectrum. A person's gender
same time, in the same way, or to the identity may be the same as or
same degree. The bi in bisexual refers to
different from their birth-assigned sex. Ask reproductive organs, and
people how they describe themselves before chromosomes, that fall outside
labeling their sexual orientations. of traditional conceptions of male
or female bodies. Do not
● Gender Diversity It is about confuse having an intersex trait
acknowledging and respecting that there with being transgender. Intersex
are many ways to identify outside of the people are assigned a sex at
binary of male and female. Presenting as birth — either male or female —
gender diverse is not about attention and that decision by medical
seeking or receiving special treatment, it providers and parents may not
is about being one's authentic self. match the gender identity of the
child.
● Gender Justice It is a concept that
promotes the full realization of rights and ● LGBTQ Acronym for lesbian,
opportunities for all genders. It seeks to gay, bisexual, transgender, and
realize equality between men and women, as queer. The Q generally stands
well as for queer when LGBTQ
between diverse gender identities, in terms of organizations, leaders, and
rights, responsibilities, and opportunities. It is media use the acronym. In
a holistic approach that addresses the root settings offering support for
causes of gender discrimination and ensures youth, it can also stand for
that women and other gender minorities are questioning. LGBT and LGBTQ+
not excluded from the full enjoyment of their are also used, with the + added
human rights. in recognition of all non-straight,
non-cisgender identities.
● Heterosexual An adjective used to
describe a person whose enduring ● Nonbinary Nonbinary is an
physical, romantic, and/ or emotional adjective used by people who
attraction is to people of a sex experience their gender identity
and/or gender expression as
different than their own. Also: straight. falling outside the binary gender
categories of man and woman.
● Homosexual Outdated clinical term Many nonbinary people also call
considered derogatory and offensive. The themselves
Associated Press,
The New York Times, and The transgender and consider
Washington Post restrict usage of the themselves part of the transgender
term. community. Others do not.
Nonbinary is an umbrella term that
● Intersex An adjective used to describe a encompasses many different ways
person with one or more innate sex to understand one’s gender. Some
characteristics, including genitals, internal nonbinary people may also use
words like agender, bigender, demigender, scientifically accurate term for a
pangender, etc. to describe the specific way person's enduring physical,
in which they are nonbinary. Always ask romantic and/ or emotional
people what words they use to describe attraction to another person.
themselves. Sexual orientations can include
heterosexual (straight), lesbian,
● Pansexual An adjective used to describe gay, bisexual, queer, asexual,
a person who has the capacity to form and other orientations. Avoid the
enduring physical, romantic, and/ or offensive term “sexual
emotional attractions to any person, preference,” which is used to
regardless of gender identity. This is one inaccurately suggest that being
of several terms under the bi+ umbrella. gay, lesbian, or bisexual is
voluntary and
● Queer An adjective used by some “curable.”
people, particularly younger people, whose
sexual orientation is not exclusively ● Transgender An adjective to
heterosexual (e.g. queer person, queer describe people whose gender
woman). Typically, for those who identify as identity differs from the sex they
queer, the terms lesbian, gay, and bisexual were assigned at birth. People
are perceived to be too limiting and/or fraught who are transgender may also
with cultural connotations they feel do not use other terms, in addition to
apply to them. Once considered a pejorative transgender, to describe their
term, queer has been reclaimed by some gender more specifically.
LGBTQ people to describe themselves.
However, it is not a universally accepted term
even within the LGBTQ community, so use References:
caution when using it outside of describing
the way someone self-identifies or in a direct https://glaad.org/reference/terms
quote.
When Q is seen at the end of LGBT, it https://genderrights.org.au/informat
typically means queer. In a setting for ion-hub
support, particularly for youth, it may mean
questioning. Ask people how they describe https://www.sa-hr.org/single-post
themselves before labeling their sexual
orientation.

● Questioning An adjective used by some

people who are in the process of
exploring their sexual orientation and/or
gender identity.

● Sexual Orientation The

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We highly appreciate and value your time and effort on answering this survey form. Your participation
will surely contribute to our main goal of a gender just United Church of Christ in the Philippines where
inclusivity and diversity shine through.